Chapter Forty-three◊
Useful?
My breath caught as I laid myself onto the crimson covers, thankful that it was not of blood this time. All over I hurt, just from a simple jutsu, and I felt bad for Deidara. Truthfully he probably didn't enjoy teaching me; I sucked, just purely sucked. He'd told me no one could do anything perfect, possibly referring his anger back to Itachi, somehow he could do that. But not being perfect and sucking are far from each other! One day, one day, of having Deidara show me the Transformation Jutsu and what did I do? I flunked, another failing grade, and I'd made sure to let him know it. He didn't seem to believe me and told me I was doing well for someone who had no academic skills of shinobi jutsus.
Curling slightly, ruffling the sheets beneath me, I cast my eyes low, staring at the carpet. I'd made sure to thank them, and most Hidan, for cleaning my sanctuary, for it was more comforting to know that the blood was gone. Yet the words over the bathroom door haunted my dreams. Never did I call dreams nightmares, a night mare, a dark horse. It made me think that nightmares were driven over on a black carriage, yet nightmares never came to me.
What time is it? I looked up at the clock and sighed. "It's only five!" I growled, closing my eyes, before hearing footsteps. The feeling in the air changed, drastically, meaning that it could be only one person who could change drastically. "Hello Tobi." I smirked, pushing up from the bed, and staring at him, my eyes open.
"Hello Adiera-chan," His voice was the normal Tobi, but something felt off about it. "Can I ask you a question?" He shut the door, not the best sign, before sitting at the edge of my bed.
"I guess so," Twirling the tip of my pillow I glanced up, and around, just looking at the blank space that were walls. To think that something so blank can stain so easily. My vision shocked in and out, something it would normally do if I held fear. However why was I holding fear, or could it be possible it was grasping me tightly.
"I was watching you train with Senpai, and then you said you knew about Senpai's life." I kept my eyes soft, knowing exactly where Madara was heading. "I want to ask if you know anything about my life."
"No, Tobi, I don't know anything of you, except that you annoy Deidara a lot." I wasn't foolish, and it was true. I didn't know a thing of Tobi and since I was only to know of Tobi then Madara was in no need to be brought up in this subject. "But maybe you could tell me about it sometimes."
However, instead of leaving, like I'd expected him to, he came closer, a hand touching his mask. My eyes began shaking back in forth, meaning my vision blurred moment here and there, seeming fuzzy at some points. "I must commend you," Big words, different and darker voice. Shit, what did I do? "You're acting skills are quite amazing, another reason why I want you to help Akatsuki, Adiera." And lack of "-chan" to my name meant one thing…he'd figured it out and would not let it go back.
"Well I guess I must be honored to have Madara Uchiha criticize my acting skills, but I must say I never act." It was more of a shield I put up, just so I would have to deal with things that could easily be avoided. However I'd let my tongue slip about the Tsuchikage and it must have gone downhill from there.
He grabbed my wrist, tightening the grip to where it seemed a new mark on it. "You talk confidently to an S-ranked criminal." Slowly I felt him lean closer to me, almost as close as we'd been in the closet. In a moment it felt like he was a hair's width from me, the shortest distance leaving my face flushed instead of how it would have been.
"Please stop playing around," I pulled up my other hand and held it to his chest, trying to get him away from me, yet all he did was grasp it and lean closer. I was thankful that his masked was still placed over his true face, for if it hadn't I would be feeling his breath intertwining my own.
"Those are the same words you told me, when I kissed you," I could hear the grin in his voice, making me want to punch him, just to knock it off. "I enjoyed that quite well; maybe I should do it once more." My eyes were shaking, vision in and out, almost as if fear was overwhelming me, strangling until I could only let out a yelp.
"Get off of me," I wouldn't let fear take over me because of Madara, it just seemed too lowly for myself.
His hand connected with my cheek, which now stung. This is his way to show his power. "You don't seem to understand what I can do to you."
"Of course I do," I smirked, though the fear kept shaking my vision.
"That is why the fear runs in your eyes, just as that time." The smirk was back, I could tell, as he came closer, way too close for any persons liking. "You knew to fear me, as you do now, because I could kill you right now."
"I know you can kill me right now, all of you could murder me, but for some reason you find me useful, I don't even understand that." My own special trait, my chakra voice, wasn't there, my jutsu training sucked, my physical training was just sad, and that so called acting skill I didn't even have.
"You are right, yet you will be useful, in obtaining the Nine-Tailed Jinchūriki." Naruto, Naruto Uzumaki, he wanted me to help obtain Naruto. It was strange, to think I could even do such thing, yet Madara Uchiha had said I would be useful for doing so. "However after such I'll find you useful in other ways." The grin was back, not the best sign for me.
"What other ways?" I hated his tone; it just could have too many meanings to it.
"Would you mind if I ask you a question," It wasn't a yes or no, it was an answer it. "If I told you none of us cared for you, how would you react?"
"Well I know none of you care, I'm just another pawn in your chess game, where you think you're the king."
"I know I am the king of this game, a king that will not die." A chuckle passed over him. "Unless you believe you so called lord to be the king."
"Shut up," I snapped. "You think to be a king, when you are possibly only a high pawn—" He cut me off, by placing another slap to my cheek.
"Watch your tongue bitch," Swearing, Madara was angry, just what I needed. "You said yourself; you're just a pawn, meaning I can sacrifice you after you've given your use."
"And what use is that?" It was annoying how he kept avoiding my questions but I was to answer his. Even if he's Madara Uchiha it's still annoying. In truth, if I had to decide between Tobi or Madara, I'd settle for Tobi.
"After you've given your use to obtaining the Nine-Tailed I might enjoy another kiss from you." This didn't seem to be going well. "I'll give you two choices, one you can stay here, telling information to us, and once we've obtained the Nine-Tails I'll kill you." If that was choice one…I was just wondering what his second proposal would be. Though I would probably want to choose that instead of dying just by giving information to my lord. Yet how would he kill me? If he returned to his world would he be able to come back just to murder me, or would he bring me to his world to be killed? Would I die in the land my parents died in or would I be killed where my family originated? "Or your second choice could be to come with us, help obtain the Nine-Tails directly, and then you become…" Choice number two seemed best. "The Akatsuki's whore-slave."
It didn't sound right, not one bit. "What?" I ripped my wrist from his grasp, holding them close to my chest, just staring at him unbelieving what had just left his mouth. "No way in hell!" It seemed he smirked for a moment before tossing me to the ground.
"Pick death or that bitch, you can tell me the answer in three days." Three days, at least he doesn't want me to give him a decision now. "But just remember, I enjoy torturing my victims before I kill them." In other words he was trying to get me to go with choice two.
And with that he left, leaving me in the corner he'd thrown me to. Why he'd thrown me I didn't want to even begin to understand as I huddled closer, trying to think of what I could do. I've always wanted to help the Akatsuki directly, but at that cost? Do I really want to go that far to help them, or die? I bit my lip, harshly almost, feeling the blood truckle against my chin and rolling down. This decision was going to make every moment feel strange, because I knew well enough that none of them cared, they were just under the order to train me to be useful. So did he already figure out my answer? He must of, or else he would just want my knowledge. My head hurt, badly, all because I'd let it slip about Deidara. Had Madara known that too? Why had he even revealed himself and when did he figure it out that I knew more than I was letting on?
"Why is life so confusing? Can it not show some light through the rain? But I guess while it's raining I close my eyes and laugh, enjoying the moments under it. For how long could it last? I'd rather stand in the rain." I knew well enough what my decision was already made, no matter what the ending point would be. At least I'd be alive, under the rain, yet I'd rather feel the lovely rain than have the darkness of death engulf me, hold me, embrace me, and never let me go.
** I know, many of you did not expect that to happen. It kind of just came into play, but it was kind of weird to write what Madara wanted her to be *shivers* just weird. But I did it just to show what he was thinking this entire time. From the moment he kissed her to now, he possibly planned it this way, I don't know. Don't you think it would be a hard decision to make? Death or that? However Adiera might of already made the decision.
Questions from this chapter…
What acting skills is Madara talking about? Will I be using Madara's name instead of Tobi? Why did he give her three days if he knew she had her decision made? Will he question her more? Why does he want her to be that? Do the Akatsuki care at all? Speaking of which, where is everyone else? What about her friends? Will you find out soon? Has it really only been a day since she was comatose? Why is life so confusing? How is Adiera supposed to tell Madara her answer? What will happen from then?
And our story questions…
Why do any of the Akatsuki care? Does it truly have something to do with her chakra voice? Or is it something else? Why is this shadow after her family? What had they done in their past that had been so wrong to have someone kill them all and flee to another world? How did they find out of this other world? Are they the only ones who know of this world, besides the Akatsuki, now? Will the history of Adiera's family be revealed within the pages of that book? What is written within the hidden pages that had to have someone else open up the key? Why was Sasori the only one able to open the locket? Does it have anything to do with him being a puppet? When will you find out who was her torturer? How will they get back to their world? What will happen once they arrive? (new question) When will the answers of the riddle and first line given to Deidara and Itachi be revealed? Will these questions be answered any time soon?
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